The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-09 00:00:00

•.. . • r baj gone off some clays before, to join the Expedi tion against Naples; which was confidently stated to e°rlsiß of about . 49,000 men. tie 'further says, that the Austrian Vessels sailed to and froni under protedion of the English. . , • EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ltd SIR DAVID BAIRD'S ARMY, DATED NOV. 26. " Three days ago we left Astorga, from whence we ate now aboin six miles distant. We are in a state, of indolent suspense, anxiously desirous of that active employ which we are told is soon to engage us. Every man in the army is at his post, from whenc e 'no officer is permitted on any account to remove him. It has not yet been ascertained by us 'What number of troops have been preserved by lake and the Marquis Roinana ; some accounts say they are 30,000 strong, others only 12,000 ; until the faas be accurately ascertained, we shall not at tempt a junction. It was evidently the objeCt of the French, after the defeat of Blake, to have pushed on between us and Corunna, and thereby to have cut off our retreat, but in this they were mistaken : pre ilutii)ris he been previously taken to break down and ,iestroy all the bridges Which could hav e a ff or d e d i th rl this facility. The position which they have Th -a ' etl has, nevertheles s , com pl e t e ly cu t o ff a ll com p—unteation with Gereral Moore, with whom, at res ent, we have no chance of forming a jun Eti on , but Sent' entertain no fears whatecar for his or our , OW ri safety ; on the contrary, we are i n hi g h sp i r i ts and good health, lonzing for a favourable opportuni ty to measure swords with the enemy:' TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 ** W e are much obliged to our Correspondent at Liverpool, )'ho tells us that he has taken The So N nearly from its co Mmencement, for his kind and liberal Communicaion, 40 d shall vigilantly endeavour to avail ourselves of his ad. relative to such paragraphs as he notices, being anxious to render all possible service to the Commercial World. With resped to the abuse which he mentions, we regret, bowever much we may sutler from it, that it is not in our power to obviate it, as we cannot be responsible for the use which may be made of our Paper after it has been is - , sued tram the Office. the Continuation of Vie Historical Review of BUONA.• tiiitTed Campaign in Italy shall appear To morrow__ We ate sorry that it is not in our power to gratify those who ila Ve a pplied for the former parts of this excellent Article. Whin it is completed it will be a valuable document foi* the Historian, as it is founded on the information of an im, rtial and judicious witness of most of the transaclions wi lltit it relatito 44kIVIn.+1 i MAULS. Istand, t Dublin, 4 Wa terford: Dux —a Cottenburgli, t Malta; t Waterford. P RICE OF STOCKS Tnis nAi AT TWELVZ O'CLOCK. 65 Kett. AWL 6s THE SUN. , - LOLLS& Qrl t Dlitai lALSULI AUDLAt ? 0 N D'O IV, PRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 18" to' deemed it yesterday an essent i a l d u t y `"; t he Public to give he melancholy intelligence ilt6th §'pain; inst a s we received it, yet deep as our e l l : re t is, tine by no means despair o f th e success o f that'r Country ai'ainst its ferocious Invader. O ur '9rllozanders are doing all that prudence could sug gest in this . unfortunate State of aff a i rs . Th e account ~, t he defeat of CASTANOS came in Dipatches from G e e • nrai BAIRN, dated Astoria, the 2 . gth ult. The Aieh er a' had M been ordered by Sir JOHN MOORE to ( 7 .f 'ark and proceed to the Tagus, w ith t h e v i ew uniting the British Troops, and aging in the best Inanner. whiCh the situation of affairs might require. Ors the gd inst. the Transports had begun to take 00 board the heaVy baggage of the Army of Sir D. and sUfficient means had been adopted tc secure the retreat of all our Troops. CASTANOS had unfortunately been duped by the superior cunning of the E66l nY. whO had prepared a fatal blow against that General, while his chief views seemed direeted to wards the western part of Spain'. ,The Freneh, Zwever, before thi s disastrous anion, had proceed !n' 14 another dire from Burgos to Ler ma, a nde, and across the Douro, and had reached the neighbourhood of Somoziera, about 40 miles north °F - 'Madrid, in the mou,ntains. The Junta had ordered a‘strong force to secure the post o f GO a d a r am a , a b out tWe ntY-f.e miles from Madrid, w h ere i t was sa i d that our. Troops, which according to report had been at the Escurial, on the 2 Ist, were expeaed to c " - . operate with the Patriots. The Enemy, however, i 8 su pposed, took a differen t course towards Madrid, advancing in a direaion duesouth f rom t h e D ouro, b y k) tizozierra, Buitriago, and the road leading to the The fatal vidory over CAST :Nos had de ranged all the plans Which had been conceived, and t he safety of our armies then became the chief con sideration. Sir BAIRD was informed of this z4elancholy event at Astoria, by General" MOORE, 0 was then at Salamanca, ordering t-he former to fall back on Corunna, and Proceeding himself to 'wards Portugal; The Marquis of RomAtcA, as we . slat ed Yeste r d ay, h ad colleaed Qo,oo o men, who tl . ad take n a strong position on the Side of Leon and 0 4 : t . p A sturias, and we h ave reason to hope that the asses. f he Sier ra M orena will be resolutel the he ro i c S y defend e d by paniards. In the mean time, it is to be ho p ed th at t h e Spanish Patriots " will learn from l t , tier experience and not venture into general '`'lt,o°es, if th ey can be avoided, with the veteran °II Of France. The nature . of the count ri is so . much in favour of the 4ahiards, that if they at with a degree of caution t Murnensurate with their spirit and patriotism, they may be able to maintain a firm stand against the Enemy,with the co-operation of the British Troops. By the wise policy of attempting to harass the EtieMy, he may be reduced to great ex- tremities during the winter, and his army is not likely to bear privations patiently. The particblars Cif this fatal aiitiOn are not fully known, but it took place on the Ebro, where BUONAPARTE had assembled a prodigious force. But we must again observe, that one action cannot be deCiSive of the fate of such a country as Spain, defended as it is by a resolute people ' who have been led into error by their intrepidity, and who will learn caution by praelice. It is said that the French entered Madrid about the 28th. The Supreme Junta have removed their sittings to Toledo, and they are likely to em ploy all possible means to combine the efforts of their countrymen, and avail themselves to the ut most, of British co-operation. The chara6ter of BUONAPARTE is well' understood by the Spaniards, and they know that the most dreadful ven geance will follow his success, if it were possi ble that they should sink, from despair, into submission.—They know that the hearts of all people are in their favour, and that even the French themselves, except the immediate Satellites of the Tyrant, must &test the cause in which they are en gaged. They must know, too, that their fellow subjects in the Spanish Settlements heartily sympa thize in their cause, and will send all the supplies in their power.—They .are sure also, that Great Bri tain, which has come forward in so noble a manner to aid them, will never desert them white there is . any chance for assisting them with etfed and filially, they know that death is preferable to bondage under the ferocious Tyrant of France and scourge of all mankind. Lisbon Papers to the 23d of November were re ceived this morning. They contain no intelligence except accounts of the celebration of mass and to deunzs, with processions, fireworks, and bull-fights, for the expulsion of the French, and the happy re-' storation of the Legitimate Government. These Papers, like the Spanish, ' 4 contain long lists of the voluntary donations of individuals to supply the exi gencies of the State. Sir C. COTTON is recalled, and it was under stood at Lisbon, that the Duke of CLARENCE might be expected to take the command on that station. About fourteen thousand of our troops, consisting of the following Regiments, had been ordered im mediately for Spain, but the last accounts from that country may lead to an arrangement of a different nature : ISt, 3d, and 4th Dragoons—ist, 3d, and 4th Dragoon Guards—tst and 2d Light German Legion-14th and 16th Light Dragoons -2 batta lions 83d Foot, 2 ditto 87th, and I ditto 88th. We have this day continued our extraas from the Spanish Papers that arrived yesterday, but the inte rest which would otherwise attach to the details they contain is much diminished by the official accounts received from Sir DAVID BAIRD. The :result of the Meeting in the City this day for the relief of the Spanish Patriots, will doubtless be as honourable to this Country as, it will be animating to the people in whose favour it takes place. Go vernment has most nobly distinguished itself on this glorious occasion, and, we are assured, have really provided clothes, arms, and accoutrements, for more men than have been aetually embodied in the Spa nish Armies; but it is proper that the Spaniards should be animated by the assistance of the British people at large, as well as by the Government of the Country, as. it will skew, that their cause is seated in our hearts, and will present a munificent example of National Generosity to mankind, and of sympathy with the zeal of a people who are determined to risk every thing in support of honoUr; and the asser tion of independence. • , On Wednesday her MAJE STY , the PRlNtEssis, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CAM BRIDGE, KENT, and SussEx, partook of an elegant entertainment with his Royal Highness the Duke of CWO3E:ERA NIS, at his apartnienli it's St. James's. Yesterday the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Duke of MONTROSE, and Lord BATHURST, attended'in the House of Peers, when ,ParliaMent was further pro rogued to the 10th of January. Yesterday afternoon the French . and Russian Couriers left town, on their return to France.' Two Ladies, who were lately captured in a French . Pri vateer, hal'e received permission to take their pas= sage to Boulogne in the Flag of Truce. • , , Yesterday a Court of Direetors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Cap tains were sworn into the Command of their respec tive Ships, viz.- . --Capt, YATES, of the City of Lon-. don, and Capt. CORN ETT, of the Coyle Eden, for. Madras and Bengal.—The Court adjourned at six' d'xl,ock till, Wednesday next.' I• It was reported yesterday that a p l ot had been' discovered in Sicily, which had lot its °hie& an'ae tack upon our troops. A letter from Messina is said' to' state, that some persons who had been' instigated, to this atrocious attempt by the e1a;,314,. have been taken into*edstody. NAVAL tsi VALmpurti, bath. 6.—Ariived . this evening the .2llar/borgrigh Packet, which sailed from hence with . , the Mails of Cktober hit for Madeira and Janeiro : she sailed from Pr4a4ii-a on the 12th, and was cap tured on the 18th; in lat. 24. 10ng. : 23. by the . Frencti. Privateer La Josephine, of 14 gUns, 24-pounders the Captain Of winch, afterthrow lug all her guns and animunition over board, taking on board six of the crew, and every valuable article they could find, gave her up to Capt. BULL. .Also arrived a Mail from Corunna, brought by the Eliza Packet in four days ; report states, that the Spaniards were losing grotind. Tho British armies are said to have formed a jundion. General BLAKE has been seriously defeated : the Marquis DE .1k MANA O with a reinforc7thent of 10,000 men, had taken the chief command of the whole of BLAKE'S army : the French, with a force of 130,000 men, are within 15 leagues of Madrid. The Cornwallis Packet has alsd arrived in 36 days from Tortola, and the Prince EWiest Packet in 30 days from Jamaica ; spoke a Frigate off Bermudas, which had parted with the Queen Charlotte, from Jamaica, for Falmouth, a few days before.—Also arrived His Majesty's Ship La Loire, from Ports mouth, with a Spanish Nobleman, Viscount Da MATEROSSA j the Mae from the Westward; thid the Gleaner from Lisbon with dispatches. SHEERNESS, DEC. 7.—Arrived his Majesty's Ships Africa, Daphne, and Vixen, from Yarmouth ; and the Rose, Talbot, and 'Etna Bomb froM the North Sea. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 8.--a-Arrived His Majesty's Ships Merope and La Coquette from a cruize. Sailed His ~Majesty's Ship La Bonne Citoyonne on acruize and the Escort with a convoy for Guernsey. DEAL Dec. B.—Arrived and sailed for the River the' Hero, STEPHENSON, from Qdebec, mid the Helen, WATSON, from the Brazils. YAitMOUTH, ,DEC. B.—Arrived the bido, of Stockholm, to load gin and brandy fcr Stockholm. The Schooner Neptune, of Wo,dbfidge, is dis masted in the 1-13rbour, by getting across hawse. The Iphrailita, from Dantzig to London,' came in with loss of an anchor. • Thirteen Danish Vessels, laden, with iron, deals, timber, anti sundry goods, sent in as prizes to the &ailing, C'ruizer, and Daphne Brigs of War, and Swan Cutter. A very heavy gale of wind at W. and N.N.W• No damage heard of yet. PLYMOUTH, Dac. 7.—Came in his Majesty's Ship. Primrose, from the Eastward; the Danish Ship Emanuel, from Drontheim, for Bourdeaux, prize to his Majesty's Ketch Gleaner. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Jupiter on a cruize. Arrived the Brig Dion, WARREN, from .Yar mouth, laden with herrings, bound to Messina ; Portuguese Ship Piedad, MANUEL ANTONIO BAR RADIS, Master, from London, in ballast, bound to the Brazils ; Portuguese Ship Sarah Pagenia, J. Go n- SAL, Master, from London, bound to Pernambuco, with sundries; the Polacre Ship Union. J. B. SCHOMT, from London, bound to Malta, laden with sugar, &c. the Hamburgh Brig Johanna, J. C. LAR SEN, from Oporto, laden with wine, bound to' Li merick; and the William and Catharine, HALLETT, from Poole for Cork, with rye, &c. Arrived the Esculapius, CAMPBELL ; Lustre, SMITH; Betsey and Mary, PuGH, from London, outward-bound; put in by contrary winds. A Sloop of War, of 18 guns, to be called the Prince Arthur, has been some time in preparation at Deptfoi . d, intended as a present to the DEI of ALGIERS. The cabin is finished in a superb man ner. She is to be furnished with stores of every de- EcriptiOn fit for a vessel of her class. She is mount ed with' brass guns. Yesterday his Excellency General APODACA re ceived his appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Grand Junta to the Court of Great Britain. A letter, of the 3d of (Maher, from St. Croix, states, that the French have succeeded in throwing large supplies into Guadaloupe. The following Vessels haVe arrived there :—the DU/genie, of 24 g'-pounders and 3t)o men, with a quantity of ammu nition, and 400 blrrels of flour ; the Brig Atisus,' of eighteen 24-pounders and, 220 meri, with 306 barrels of flour ; the Fanfaron, of eighteen 36-pbtin ders and 200 men, with 300 barrels of flour; an 'armed Merchant lAgger, with 150 barrek of beef and 4 00 firkins of butter ; anothe r Ship, armed en fiute, carrying twenty-four' 36:pounders, on two decl6, and tWelcie g -pounders, with 4006 barrels of f bur and 400 casks of cfaret. This last vessel had captured . the English . Brig Maria: The Brig carried only twelve I 8-pounders, with 65 men ;' and of this little crew tidlessthan 1:5 were killed befoie she *as taken. , Mr. of PhiSblrY-scii.urre, has:been one Of 1116 most active prOrnoters of the intericied Sutr scription in aid'of the Spaniards. This Gentleman lets three nephews in tire Spanish army, one of whom . was lately' mentioned in' terrna•Of great praise for his condat in Catalonia.' • ~,01)e half of.the i 4 . 111 regiment of Light Dragoon; ritidrr orders for,Spain, were embarkin transports Falth6iiti), , vii Subday Wt. . - . , jr..431/1.1(7ii • KINGSTON, SEPT..I6.—The Ali/an, Frigate, of 3:I guns, Capt. Sir .I.l,,kciti , 14.1,it1e; 1.11-t. sail • on Tuesday, for- Halifax. Sb carried. 131 of th spa ;oo prisoners lately rel.fawd, to be lauded ~t the ' . „ • • • • • The Peindefr i 8 gum), Captain Dou. GLAS, arrived. the sJine ddy from La Vera During her Cruiz,e she :took four Schooners and de , woyed them,. after taking out their cargoeS, which she . . put on board of the Schooner Altavideo,, B is, sw,E; from La Vera Critz to this port, which ar rived with her. The Schooner Lady left La Vera Cruz on the 2d ult. and brings information that a Felucca, had arrived there from Cadiz on the 29th July, under a passport froM Lord COLLINGWOOD, with tliv intel ligence of the Revolution in Spain, and of the for mation of a Prov,isiOnal Government at Seville, on whiCh occasion . the inhabitants of La, Vera Cruz illuMinated their houses three successiv e n i g h ts .— The...populace hid, proceeded to, break opeu. the Opczt-'4. of 4everal houses belonging to. Frenchmen, 'and tnaltremed their persons, but the :Governor - in terfered in their behalf, by placing their pr r opertk under a gtnird, ,and sending theta into the interior . until the popular fury should subside. COMMON COITIvCIL,, Yesterday the Lorin MAYbR held his first Court of CoMmon Council, when a Vote 4 of Thanks w-as moved to the late Lord Mayor. AIA debate en sued upon the motion. The objedien to the Vote arose, because the late Lord Mayor had suffered a freeman to be impressed during his Mayoralty. Oa a division the numbers were—For the-Vote, 47 Against it, 59-7-making a majority of twelve. The Lord Mayor laid_ before the Court a letter he, had receiv e d fr om t h e Bi s h op o f Derry,in answer to the vote of the Court of the sum of 5001. is aid of the funds of the school in the North of Ireland for promoting Protestant education ; which was read, and ordered to be entered on the Journal. The Temple Bar Committee presented a Report, recommending an application to the next Sesiion§ of Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill for allowing further time for completing the improvements in .the Strand, by Temple Bar ; which was agreed to, and a Petition t o th e H ouse o f C ommons being p repared, . was approved. Ordered to be signed by the Tow 4 Clerk, and presented by the Sheri - Els, attended by the Remembrances. The University of St. Andrew's regret that by unexpeaed . death Of Mr. MACKAY they r precluded front, 000ferring upon him those a, ad is ; honours to which he was wed entitled, both by ihe.respe6a bility of his general character, and by this muniti» cent testimony of his zeal in the cause of Literature, and that the only 'tribute they can pay to the me mory Of their benefador is fhe insertion of this paragraph in the London and Edinburgh News_ papers, whence it will fi'nd its way imo some oi, those periodical publications where his generosity may be recorded. On the n;L:lit of Saturday, the 2Gth of November, Mr. ELLIOTT, of Cappagli, near Cappoquip, in the county of V r tfaterford, apprehended 1 G wen in arrnA„ being part of a banditti who have infested and dis turbed that and the adjacent country for the last year. . . on Tuesday night the son o f a respeEtable trades man in Gracechurch-street, put an end to his exist ence, by shooting himself. Th e c a us e is thought to have been a disappoinpent in rove. A person of the name of Waite, who Weighs 17 stone, undertook for a bet to go a mile in eight minutes, yesterday, on Putney Common, and he, performed his task in 17 seconds under the time.-,-; \\Thirst this race was performing?, a man killed and eat a duck in ten minutes, for a wager of one guinea. Only 20,000 Tickets; and four Grandees of 20, - 0001. besides 10,000. '5OOOl. 10001. Soot. and more smaller Prizes than usual. Also a Flee Gift of 1000 Tickets,' which never was heard of befor.— A Sixteenth Share-holder can realize 3001. per an num, a Ticket-holder 4800 per annum.. HoltNssY . and Co. solicit the favours of the Public on the pre sent important occasion, and sincerely hope they shall supply those who honour them with their commands, with many of the aboVe Capital Prizes all of which are payable on demand, at their Old' E,tablished State Lottery Offices, 26, Cornbill, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. It is in the power of Fortune to do more for the .. Adventurer in the Lottery, which begins on Tues day, than was possible in any former Lottery.—A single Ticket may gain four PriZes of 20,0001. ! be sides the chance of others.—Schemes may be had gratis at either of SWIFT and Co.'s Offices, No. i 1, Poultry, No. 12, Charing-Cross, or No. 31, Aldgate High-street, where Tickets aod Shat es are on sale in great variety. • CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.—Wheat this day is in short • supply, which has the etfeci of a furl her advance in price of about 3s. per quarter ;. li.ttley and Malt at the late reduction ; in Pease little varia tion; small Old Beans afe cheaper, excepting those of best qUality 3 New Ticks about Oos. per quarter ; Oats are likewise in short supply, andruaintain last prices ;- Flour rather dearer. wheat 675 , a Sos a gos 'od Tick Beans - 7os a 76s od Fine ditto (new) 94$ a 975 LA! Uats -• 375 a 4os. a 445 od Rye - - s'ss a Gos od Poland ditto 45$ a 463 od Barley - - 4IS a Sos od i t'otatoe - ---4 a 4s_;s rd Malt - -75 s b Sas ...d i Rape Seed - 4SI a 53i —td Wiite Pease uos,a 143 s od Pine Flour - Sos a 8.5 s od Grey ditto -56 s a Eta od Seconds - ' 755 a Sos od Beans -.- - 76$ a 87s od SMITHFIELD MAkKEI', Dsc This day's market had a pretty good supply oie difforent kind's of cattle;* IViutton, Pork, and Veal are dearer than oar last report ; Beef sold . at last pike, and the trade' in general was somewhat fiat: the sales in the Rayn;arket were not lively ; Hay' and Straw fetched a better price than* Monday's' Market ; Clove); hai dropped in price. —The: under_ mentioned prices and nuthberi are a corre& Statc- Meat : To sink the Offal per stone of 31b. • Beef 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.- 7 Mutort 3s. 6d. to 43. 8d. —Veal si. 6d. to 74. ed. —Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Pork 54. 6d. to od. . • Beasts, 900.—Sheep,3,5oo.—Calves, 25o.—Pigs, 300. Hay sl. Ss. od. to 61. 6s. od.—Clover 61. os. 04. to 71, 9s, aft.—Strain sl, 121. Va. to 11. 18$:0d.